"It is only because the majority opinion will always be opposed by some that our knowledge and understanding progress... it is always from a minority acting in ways different from what the majority would prescribe that the majority in the end learns to do better."

-- Friedrich August von Hayek

#Understanding Quotes #Progress Quotes #Acting Quotes

“I think choosing Steve Bannon as a chief strategist this is a stunning, historic decision for Donald Trump in a bad way. Stephen Bannon has said - and you`ve got to lay this out a little bit so people understand it - that he wanted Breitbart, the news service, the far-right news service, to be a platform for the alt-right.”

Source : Source: www.msnbc.com
“I am fairly rich. Money's very handy, let's face it.”

Source : "This much I know: Bob Hoskins". Interview with Bob Hoskins, www.theguardian.com. September 18, 2009.
“Were there stories I wrote along the way that were terrible clinkers? God, yes. But they were all a product of their time, and I did the best I could.”
“Quantum physics is no longer an abstract theory for specialists. We must now absolutely include it in our education and also in our culture.”

Source : "Quantum Physics: From Basic Concepts to Applications". Honeywell-Nobel Laureate Lecture at the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India, September 15, 2008.
“Humility is royalty without a crown.”
“Our right to disagree is precious but fragile. The best way to protect and preserve it is to let the other side speak without demonizing them or destroying their right to be heard. Such civil exchanges are the heart beat of democracy - essential to keeping it alive.”

Source : "Words Have Consequences" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 10, 2011.
“There's no such thing as a crowded battlefield. Battlefields are lonely places.”
“To listen to critics, pro or con, and take their words to heart is to subcontract your self-esteem to strangers. (from Workbook)”

Source : Steven Heighton (2011). “Workbook: Memos and Dispatches On Writing”, p.28, ECW Press

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